翻譯：Lily-Liu

校正：Ryan-Chopin

From stripper to chart-topper via reality TV stardom,?Cardi B‘s story is enthralling and she knows it. “This some real-life fairytale Binderella shit,” she informs us on ‘Best Life’. It would be impossible to divorce her story from this debut album, because in a way, the story is the album. The Bronx rapper’s incredible ascent fuels every fabulously braggadocious bar.

從脫衣舞女到著名電視真人秀明星，連Cardi B本人都知道自己的故事頗有趣味性。“This some real-life fairytale Binderella shit（這簡(jiǎn)直是現(xiàn)實(shí)版灰姑娘的故事）”，她在歌曲“Best Life”中這樣說到。她的故事和這張專輯密不可分，而在某種程度上，這張專輯就是在講述她的故事。于是這位來自布朗克斯的饒舌歌手那意想不到的成長(zhǎng)歷程在每一個(gè)人們喜歡夸夸其談的酒吧里被吟唱著。

After her breakthrough single ‘Bodak Yellow’ dethroned?Taylor Swift?from the Billboard Hot 100 summit in September, the woman born Belcalis Almanzar could presumably have opted for a pop pivot. But though she guested on?Bruno Mars‘ recent R&B hit ‘Finesse’, she’s kept ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ hip-hop. It’s filled with taut, trap-influenced midtempo beats over which Cardi celebrates the trappings of her hard-earned lifestyle and generally asserts her superiority. “You in the club just to party,” she sneers on ‘Bodak Yellow’. “I’m there, I get paid a fee.” There are?more melodic moments, such as ‘I Like It’, whose sample from ’60s boogaloo hit ‘I Like It Like That’ salutes her Latin heritage, and ‘Ring’, a dreamy collaboration with Kehlani. But mostly this album succeeds on attrition and attitude, much like ‘Bodak Yellow’ did.

她的突破性單曲“Bodak Yellow”在9月份公告牌百?gòu)?qiáng)單曲排行榜上擊敗了霉霉，成功登頂。在這之后，這位出生在Belcalis Almanzar的女性則選擇了繼續(xù)將她的音樂推廣到全世界。盡管她與火星哥最近合作了R&B風(fēng)格曲“Finesse”，她還是堅(jiān)持使這張專輯有自己的嘻哈風(fēng)格。她的歌中使用了很多緊湊且?guī)в行┰Strap風(fēng)格的中速節(jié)拍，來向人們宣告她來之不易的生活，告訴天下她的新時(shí)代已經(jīng)來臨?！?strong>You in the club just to party（你在俱樂部只是為了參加聚會(huì)）”，她在“Bodak?Yellow”中嘲笑到那些人，“I’m there, I get paid a fee（我在那里，是來賺錢的）”。專輯中還有更多精彩的旋律，比如“I like it”，而Cardi B與Kehlani的合作曲“Ring”則充滿夢(mèng)幻。不過這張專輯的勝利，在很大程度上是因?yàn)槠洳粩嗟哪ズ图皬?qiáng)硬的個(gè)人態(tài)度， “Bodak Yellow”的大獲成功也在于此。

Cardi B’s rapping may not be as elastic as some of her peers’, but she’s endlessly daring, comparing her breasts to?Beyoncé‘s twins on ‘Money Bag’ and asking?Rihanna?and Chrissy Teigen for a threesome on ‘She Bad’. She also matches the randiest male rapper with her sexual agency. When she raps “Give him some vag’, I’m gettin’ a bag” on ‘Bickenhead’, it’s one of several ‘Wow, she really went there’ moments. But this doesn’t mean ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ becomes one-note. The way she flips from righteous fury to plaintive desperation on ‘Thru Your Phone’, a track about her partner’s infidelity, is thrilling and palpably emotional.

Cardi B的說唱可能不像一些她的同齡說唱歌手那么靈活，但她卻有著無限的勇氣，她在單曲“Money Bag”里把自己的乳房比作碧昂斯的雙生子，在“She Bad”中表示自己想與蕾哈娜和Chrissy Teigen三人共尋歡。她的歌里也有一些常見說唱中的性暗示。她在“Bickenhead”里大唱“Give him some vag’, I’m gettin’ a bag（給他點(diǎn)刺激，我有的是方法）”，我們能感受到她挺嗨，而且這不止一兩處。但這并不意味著《Invasion Of Privacy》的音樂就很老套單一，在“Thru Your Phone”中，她從正義之怒轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榘慕^望，這首歌是關(guān)于她伴侶的不忠之舉的，激憤之情一聽便知。

Sure, she name-drops Fendi so often that she’d better get a discount next time she’s on Fifth Avenue. But overall, this is a remarkably confident and compelling debut from a superstar who’s put in the graft. “My little?15 minutes lasting long as hell, huh?” she boasts nonchalantly on final track?‘I Do’. On this evidence, it’s going to last a lot longer yet.

她經(jīng)常在歌中提及品牌“芬迪”，大概是以便下次她在第五大道購(gòu)物的時(shí)候得以優(yōu)惠吧。但總的來說，此張專輯可謂Cardi B無比自信且奪人眼球的初次亮相，為她成為超級(jí)巨星打好了堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)。她在專輯結(jié)束曲“I Do”中可謂驕氣十足：“My little 15 minutes lasting long as hell, huh?（老娘歡樂的15分鐘還算不算持久？）”。但就目前的樂壇來看，Cardi B大火可謂必然，并將持續(xù)活躍于當(dāng)今的音樂界。